Chapter Summaries

Naruto and Gaara finished their spar, and Uchiha Yao critiqued their fighting styles before announcing that he would personally train them. He gave Naruto, Gaara, Temari, and Hinata ten minutes to plan a team attack, leaving them preparing to face him.

• Naruto and Gaara clashed with the Big Ball Rasengan and Sea of Sand until Uchiha Yao stopped their spar.
• Uchiha Yao told Naruto to improve his Chakra control and warned Gaara that relying too heavily on sand left him vulnerable.
• Uchiha Yao announced that he would personally fight Naruto, Gaara, Temari, and Hinata in a training session.
• Naruto eagerly gathered the others to plan, while Temari agreed that they should skip probing attacks and go all out from the start.

Naruto, Gaara, Temari, and Hinata launched a coordinated sparring attack against Uchiha Yao, but his overwhelming Fire Release and Lightning Release Chakra Mode defeated their tactics. The chapter ended with Uchiha Yao and Naruto clashing their Rasengan attacks in midair.

• Naruto sent hundreds of shadow clones at Uchiha Yao while Gaara, Temari, and Hinata attacked with sand, wind, and Gentle Fist techniques.
• Uchiha Yao evaded Gaara's sand arms and wiped out Naruto's shadow clones with Fire Release: Great Fire Annihilation.
• Gaara shielded Temari, Hinata, and Naruto behind a massive sand wall, then pulled them away from the flames.
• Naruto urged the others to continue, and Gaara turned the training ground into a sea of sand while Temari disrupted Uchiha Yao with wind currents.
• Uchiha Yao activated Lightning Release Chakra Mode, smashed through Gaara's sand defenses, and charged toward Naruto.
• Naruto attacked with a Big Ball Rasengan, and Uchiha Yao countered with a larger Lightning Fire Rasengan, causing a powerful midair collision.

Uchiha Yao defeated Naruto, Hinata, Temari, and Gaara in a training match, then praised their teamwork and laid out how each could grow stronger. He began revealing new paths for their training, ending by telling Hinata that the Byakugan’s true power went far beyond what she or the Hyuga Clan imagined.

• Uchiha Yao overwhelmed Naruto, Hinata, Temari, and Gaara, then said the battle had only been a warm-up.
• Uchiha Yao praised their courage and coordination, and told Naruto and Gaara to learn to control the Nine-Tails’ and Shukaku’s power.
• Uchiha Yao advised Temari to improve her Wind Release control and develop new techniques beyond relying on her Three-Star Fan.
• Uchiha Yao praised Hinata’s Gentle Fist progress and told her the Byakugan held far greater power than the Hyuga Clan imagined.

Naruto entered his inner world to demand rent from Kurama, but the Nine-Tails unleashed far more chakra than he could handle. Naruto lost control on the training field and transformed into a three-tailed state, leaving his companions unable to approach.

• Naruto confronted Kurama in his inner world and demanded chakra as rent.
• Kurama resisted until Naruto threatened to have Uchiha Yao settle the dispute, then released a massive flood of chakra.
• The Nine-Tails’ chakra overwhelmed Naruto’s consciousness and erupted from his body on the training field.
• Hinata, Temari, and Gaara rushed toward Naruto, but waves of chakra forced them back.
• Naruto transformed as his features became beastlike and a chakra cloak formed three tails that battered the ground.

Gaara fought to stop the rampaging Three-Tails Naruto and sealed him inside a massive sand sphere. Exhausted and nearly out of Chakra, Gaara left Temari and Hinata uncertain whether the seal had worked.

• Three-Tails Naruto charged at Temari and Hinata, but Temari knocked him back with Wind Release: Great Breakthrough.
• Gaara trapped Naruto’s feet in a Sea of Sand and raised a wall with Empty Sand Defense, allowing Temari and Hinata to retreat.
• Naruto smashed through Gaara’s sand wall and charged at him again.
• Gaara used Sand Binding Coffin to seize Naruto and seal him inside a giant sand sphere.
• Gaara collapsed to one knee from exhaustion as Hinata nervously asked whether the seal had worked.

Naruto woke after losing control to the Nine-Tails’ Chakra and apologized to Hinata, Gaara, and Temari for nearly attacking them. He confronted the Nine-Tails in the sealing space, where it reminded him that he had begged for its power and claimed he would collect rent.

• Hinata checked on Naruto as he regained consciousness, while Temari helped the exhausted Gaara recover.
• Naruto remembered asking the Nine-Tails for Chakra and realized he had gone berserk, then apologized to the others for endangering them.
• Gaara told Naruto he understood the feeling of being controlled by the monster within him.
• Naruto decided to confront the Nine-Tails and entered the sealing space.
• Naruto accused the Nine-Tails of deliberately giving him enough Chakra to take over his body, and the Nine-Tails replied that Naruto had begged for its power.

Naruto failed to control the Nine-Tails' power but vowed to earn it, while Uchiha Yao revealed the Heavenly Imperial Space to Shikaku Nara and assigned him to develop it in secret. Uchiha Yao returned to find Naruto, Gaara, Hinata, and Temari exhausted, and Temari began explaining what had happened.

• Naruto emerged from the Sealing Space angry at the Nine-Tails, then admitted he was too weak to control its power and vowed to make it hand over its strength willingly.
• Uchiha Yao summoned Shikaku Nara and brought him to the Heavenly Imperial Space, revealing that he had created the world.
• Shikaku Nara recognized the space's potential for Konoha and agreed to oversee its secret development, including building a city and relocating civilians.
• Uchiha Yao returned to the training ground and found Naruto, Gaara, Hinata, and Temari sprawled on the ground, with Naruto in tattered clothes.
• Temari began recounting what had happened to Uchiha Yao.

Orochimaru used White Zetsu as sacrifices to summon Hashirama Senju, Tobirama Senju, and Hiruzen Sarutobi with strength close to their prime, intending to take Uchiha Yao's body. As the three Hokage regained their senses, they argued over the forbidden technique, while Tobirama Senju vowed to settle his previous score with Uchiha Yao.

• Orochimaru used White Zetsu corpses to perform Impure World Reincarnation and summoned three Hokage in a cave.
• Tobirama Senju awakened beside Hashirama Senju and Hiruzen Sarutobi, then realized his reanimated body had nearly his full strength.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi angrily denounced Orochimaru for summoning the dead and desecrating their rest.
• Tobirama Senju mocked Hiruzen Sarutobi for using the same forbidden technique before and vowed to make Uchiha Yao pay for their last encounter.
• Hashirama Senju regained his senses, complained about being pulled from the Pure Land, and blamed Tobirama Senju for developing forbidden techniques.

Hashirama Senju broke free of Orochimaru’s control and defeated him with a single punch, but Orochimaru escaped. Tobirama Senju then devised and activated a sealing barrier to block the chakra link controlling him.

• Tobirama Senju tried to release the Impure World Reincarnation, but Hashirama Senju’s cells strengthened Orochimaru’s control and left him unable to move.
• Hashirama Senju shattered the control over his body, confronted Orochimaru, and sent him crashing through the cave wall with one punch.
• Orochimaru escaped the rubble as countless small snakes, while Hashirama Senju chose not to pursue him.
• Tobirama Senju reasoned that a sealing technique could cut off the chakra link, carved runes into his arm, and activated an isolation barrier.

Uchiha Yao prepared Naruto and his companions for intensive training, then invited Gaara to become his disciple. After Gaara accepted, Yao used a newly acquired Tailed Beast chakra conversion array on him and Naruto.

• Uchiha Yao returned from Heavenly Imperial Space with training supplies and entrusted Temari with safeguarding and distributing them.
• Uchiha Yao gave Naruto a new combat outfit, then asked Gaara to become his disciple.
• Temari urged Gaara to accept, and Gaara agreed after recalling how Yao had freed him from Sunagakure and the Tailed Beast's corruption.
• Uchiha Yao activated his disciple cultivation module and exchanged 100,000 glory points for a Modified Tailed Beast Chakra Conversion Array.
• Uchiha Yao pressed his palms to Naruto and Gaara's lower abdomens, and intricate black runes spread across their bodies.

Uchiha Yao brought Gaara into his mental world to meet Shukaku and weakened the seal so Gaara could draw on the tailed beast’s power. He offered Shukaku future freedom in exchange for cooperating with Gaara, leaving Shukaku to choose between the deal and being erased.

• Uchiha Yao brought Gaara into his Sealing Space, where Gaara saw Shukaku imprisoned behind an iron gate.
• Shukaku recognized Uchiha Yao, remembered being defeated by him, and reacted with fear.
• Uchiha Yao weakened the seal on Shukaku’s cage so Gaara could use Shukaku’s power.
• Uchiha Yao asked Shukaku to cooperate with Gaara and promised to grant him freedom in the future.
• Uchiha Yao warned Shukaku that refusing meant being erased, and Shukaku considered the offer.

Hiruzen Sarutobi, Tobirama Senju, and Hashirama Senju entered Konoha in disguise and saw how prosperous the village had become under Uchiha Yao. Hiruzen was enraged to find himself missing from Hokage Rock, then froze when he discovered the Sarutobi Clan’s compound was gone.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi and the Senju brothers reached Konoha disguised as merchants and guards.
• Uchiha ninja checked their forged documents at the gate and let them enter.
• Hashirama Senju praised Konoha’s lively streets, while Hiruzen Sarutobi felt unsettled by how unfamiliar the village was.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi saw that Hokage Rock showed Hashirama Senju, Tobirama Senju, and Namikaze Minato but not him, and Tobirama Senju warned him to stay calm.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi headed for the Sarutobi Clan’s compound and found that it had vanished.

Hiruzen Sarutobi warned Tobirama Senju that Uchiha Yao’s destruction and annexation of other villages had made Konoha a target for the Shinobi World. Tobirama resolved to stop Yao, but Hashirama reminded them that the living generation should decide its own future.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi told Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju that Uchiha Yao had destroyed Sunagakure and annexed Kirigakure, prompting Stone Village and the Hidden Cloud Village to form an alliance against Konoha.
• Hashirama lamented that war undermined his hope for peace, while Tobirama blamed Hashirama’s past generosity for the wars that followed and argued Yao’s actions had made Konoha stronger.
• Hiruzen told Tobirama that Yao had annihilated the Sarutobi and Shimura clans and concentrated power in the Uchiha Clan.
• Hiruzen warned that Konoha had become the Shinobi World’s enemy and faced an unprecedented war, prompting Tobirama to say they must stop Yao.
• Hashirama reminded Tobirama and Hiruzen that they were dead and that the living generation should decide whether to pursue war or peace.

Hiruzen Sarutobi persuaded Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju to support Tsunade’s bid to become Hokage, concealing his desire for revenge against Uchiha Yao behind claims of saving Konoha. With Hashirama’s agreement, the three prepared to act against Yao.

• Hashirama Senju worried that Tsunade might gamble away Konoha if she became Hokage, while Hiruzen Sarutobi defended her potential.
• Tobirama Senju warned that Tsunade lacked the strength to fight Uchiha Yao, who had surpassed the Hokage brothers at their peaks.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi proposed that he, Hashirama Senju, and Tobirama Senju support Tsunade and secretly admitted he wanted revenge on Yao.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi argued that Hashirama’s current body had nearly peak strength, giving them a chance to defeat Yao.
• Hashirama Senju agreed to help Tsunade become Hokage, and Tobirama Senju said they would act immediately.

Hiruzen Sarutobi, Tobirama Senju, and Hashirama Senju discovered that Tsunade had left the Uchiha Clan Compound on friendly terms, leading them to suspect she had joined Uchiha Yao. They disguised themselves as Uchiha guards and followed a genjutsu-controlled clansman to Uchiha Yao's residence.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi, Tobirama Senju, and Hashirama Senju saw Tsunade leave the Uchiha Clan Compound as its guards respectfully greeted her.
• Tobirama Senju concluded that Tsunade had likely sided with Uchiha Yao and decided to confront him at his residence.
• Tobirama Senju, Hashirama Senju, and Hiruzen Sarutobi transformed themselves into Uchiha Police Force members and slipped into the compound's outer district.
• Tobirama Senju cast a genjutsu on a drunken Uchiha clansman and ordered him to lead them to Uchiha Yao's residence.
• The three reached the residence, and Tobirama Senju released the clansman from the genjutsu.

Uchiha Yao confronted the reanimated Hashirama Senju, Tobirama Senju, and Hiruzen Sarutobi, defending his rule of Konoha against their accusations. Hashirama learned that Tsunade was well and leading the Medical Department, then suggested they move somewhere more private to talk.

• Orochimaru reanimated Hashirama Senju, Tobirama Senju, and Hiruzen Sarutobi, who confronted Uchiha Yao.
• Hiruzen accused Uchiha Yao of destroying clans and ruining Konoha, while Yao argued that he had made the village stronger and more prosperous.
• Tobirama called Uchiha Yao a tyrant, and Yao mocked him as a defeated opponent, provoking Tobirama to prepare to attack.
• Hashirama stopped Tobirama and asked Uchiha Yao about his granddaughter Tsunade.
• Uchiha Yao said Tsunade was well and now led Konoha's Medical Department, relieving Hashirama.
• Hashirama said they should move elsewhere to talk so they would not disturb the neighbors.

Uchiha Yao brought Hiruzen Sarutobi, Tobirama Senju, Hashirama Senju, Naruto Uzumaki, and the others to a new world. Naruto learned that Hiruzen had returned through Impure World Reincarnation, confronted him over his childhood mistreatment, and left Hiruzen devastated as Tobirama condemned him.

• Uchiha Yao transported Hiruzen Sarutobi, Tobirama Senju, and Hashirama Senju to a world he had created, then brought Naruto Uzumaki, Hinata Hyuga, Gaara, Temari, and the others there.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi recognized Naruto and revealed to Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju that Naruto was the Nine-Tails' Jinchuriki.
• Uchiha Yao explained that Impure World Reincarnation had brought Hiruzen Sarutobi back from the dead.
• Naruto accused Hiruzen Sarutobi of knowingly letting him suffer neglect and ostracism, and said Uchiha Yao had given him the care and support Hiruzen had not.
• Naruto declared that Hiruzen did not deserve to be Hokage, leaving Hiruzen stunned, and Tobirama Senju rebuked his former student for how he had treated the son of a hero.

Uchiha Yao sent Hinata and Temari away before Naruto and Gaara confronted Hiruzen Sarutobi over his treatment of Naruto. Hiruzen attacked them, and their opening moves left Gaara’s sand trapping his feet as he unleashed a fireball at the ground.

• Tobirama Senju stopped the argument and insisted that they settle their disagreement through combat.
• Uchiha Yao transported Hinata and Temari outside, then moved himself, Hashirama Senju, and Tobirama Senju to a nearby hillside to watch Naruto, Gaara, and Hiruzen Sarutobi fight.
• Gaara condemned Hiruzen for letting Naruto suffer, and Naruto vowed to make Hiruzen answer for his grievances.
• Hiruzen attacked with Fire Dragon Bullet and Earth Dragon Bullet; Naruto sent shadow clones forward while Gaara raised a sand wall to shield them.
• Hiruzen wiped out Naruto’s clones with Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique and blocked Naruto’s Rasengan with an Earth Flow Wall.
• Gaara trapped Hiruzen’s feet with Sand Binding Coffin, but Hiruzen countered by firing a Great Fireball at the ground beneath himself.

Naruto and Gaara each drew on their tailed beasts’ power to face Hiruzen Sarutobi. Their combined assault overwhelmed Hiruzen’s defenses as Naruto launched a Big Ball Rasengan.

• Naruto entered the Sealing Space and convinced the Nine-Tails to lend him its power.
• The Nine-Tails’ Chakra cloaked Naruto, forming four tails, while Gaara asked Shukaku for power and gained its markings and golden eyes.
• Naruto charged Hiruzen Sarutobi and struck his Adamantine Staff with a powerful tailed beast Chakra claw, forcing him backward.
• Gaara followed with Sand Shower, and Hiruzen Sarutobi used multiple Earth Flow Walls and his staff to block the sand bullets.
• Naruto descended with a Big Ball Rasengan as Hiruzen Sarutobi realized he could not escape.

Gaara and Naruto joined forces to try to seal Hiruzen Sarutobi, whose body could regenerate from any damage. Gaara began preparing his Sealing Jutsu while Naruto attacked, but Hiruzen held off their assault as the battle continued.

• Gaara told Naruto that sealing was the way to stop Hiruzen and asked him to destroy Hiruzen’s body while Gaara prepared a Sealing Jutsu.
• Gaara unleashed Quicksand Waterfall Flow, but Hiruzen countered with Water Release: Great Waterfall Technique and turned the sand into mud.
• Naruto created hundreds of Shadow Clones and sent them at Hiruzen from every direction.
• Hiruzen smashed through the first wave of clones, blocked their Wind Blades with an Earth Flow Wall, and avoided a Rasengan ambush.
• Naruto’s clones continued attacking, while Hiruzen fought them off with his Adamantine Staff.